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' JULIUs BLASCHKE, or CHICAGO,` ILLINOIS.

. :DoUGHNU'r-DIPPER.

`Tio all what?J it may concern i of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Doughnut-Dippers, of which the following is a specication.

fV j My invention relates to doughnut dippers and has for-its primary object the provision of an improved utensil of this character wh'ich shall have means whereby its capacity tion.

,may be varied .at will. A further object is ``the provision of upper and lower covers-4 hinged in place andadjustable toward-and from each otherwhile permitting their be- Y.

ing opened and closed in any adjusted posi- Other objects and advantages of the inven- *l tion will appear from the following descripof these articlesby immersion in hot fat due to the fact thatidoughn'ut dippers commonlyV found on the market are of an invariable in` terior, capacity so that, when partially Y cooked and turned over by inversion ofthe dipper, the doughnuts fall to one side of the tion, taken in conjunction withtlie accompanying drawings which form a part of this specication and illustrate the preferred em bodiment of the invention.

Due to the demand of the consuming public for doughnuts of various sizes from very small orA very large, considerable difficulty has been experienced by bakers in the frying j dipper and are mutilated. One ofthe advantages of thepresent invention is that it tageholding good regardless of the size of Inthe drawings: 45

` with.` the upper `end fof the lbail sectioned' doughnuts beingrmadaM j g. awaykforfclearness. Y

,Fig. 2 is a section taken approximately on line 2-2 offFig. l. Y

, `Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the inventionpv.

j. illustrating i a position it occupiesduring in- .xjrersionfwhen;thedoughnutsl are partially cooked, part ofthenbailwbeing broken away Reference numeral 10 Specification of Letters Patent.

l y indicates ial'cylin-V Vdi-:ical encirclingfwall of metalhaving its,

Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

'Application meanecmber i3, 191e.l seal No. 266,568.

p v ends. open and preferably strengthened in Be it known that I, Jumus Bresser-IKE, a citizen of the Republicof Austria, residing` at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State the well-known manner by being bent over stifi'ening rings 11. 'At diametrically opposite sides of the wall and midway between its ends, are positioned a pair of spindle bearings 12 passing through apertures formed inthe wall and having each a spindle hole drilled parallel with the axis of wall 10 at a point spaced inwardly from the wall. A threaded shank 13 projects outwardly of the wall from each spindle bearing and carries a nut 14: by means of which the bearing isxed inpostion. `The legs 15 and 16 of `a bail are pivotally engaged by shanks 13,

and lock nuts 17. are threaded upon the Shanks outwardl of these bail legs to retain the legs on the Shanks. Obviously the wall 10 is free to rotate about its diameter in the bail. In order to conserve space the upper end 0f the bail is omittedfrom the drawings,

lbut it may be of any suitable form. The bail legs are preferably each provided with a hook 18 out-turned fromwall 10 and adapted to rest upon the upper edge of a kettle. j

` Centrally j ournaled in each of the spindle bearings` 12 is a screw threaded spindle, numbered 19 on lthe left side in Figs.` 1 and 2, and 21` on the rightside. ,These spindles are 4parallel toeach other and to the axis of y spindle byl-means of which the spindle may `berotatedin its bearing. I y

-l-The endsof wallA 10 are closed Vby-'upper and lower covers 23 and 24 respectively,

these,... covers being preferably formed of j screening stretched upon a heavy frame wire n Y .y j In tlievicinity of eachspindle the frame i Figure 1 is aplan view ofmy .invention` wire.25 isfinbentasfindicated at 26 for `the erally indicated by numeral 27 Vand compris'- Aing a nut portion` 28 and an up'standing 'arm 29 integral therewith, is threaded upon the upper right handfthrea'd of spindle 19 so that by rotationlvof-the spindlethe hinge mem- ...ber travels longitudinally of wall 10. i A substantially identical hinge-member 31 travels upon the lower left hand thread vof Vspindle 19. Arin `29is in each instance provided of" the doughnut dipper.

Upper and lower nuts 33 and 34 are respectively threaded upon the upper right hand and lower left hand threads of' spindle 21, and, upon rotation of the spindle, are

moved synchronously toward or f rom each other in aline parallel to the axis of wall 10, inthe same manner as hinge members 27 and 31 are moved. lnwardly of spindle i 21 each `nut 33 and 34 carries an outturned spring latch 35 which is curved as at 36 to snap upon frame wire of the respective covers 23 and 24. Each spring latch is positioned. diametrically opposite the hinged point of its respective cover and exertspres- 20 .sure on the cover in a direction toward thel hinge member 32; curve 36 being of suf.

. ficient Vextent so 4that it overlies a considv erable portion ofthe surface of fwire 25, re-

This is accomplished by applying a key to the squared key stem 22 of each spindle 19 and 21 and rotating these spindles to move hinge members 27 and 31 toward each other and nuts 33 and 34 toward each other. Such rotation of the spindles may be continued until cover 23-now closed by engagement with latch 35-is very close to or in contact with the Vtop of the body of uncooked doughnuts within the clipper."` Thedipper avithits contents is now immersed in a kettle of hot fat, hooks 18 resting upon the upper edge of the kettle. AfterV the cooking .process has continued for a given length of. time, it is necessary that the doughnuts beyturned over inthe fat, this process beingaccomplished bythe simple act `of revolving the clipper within the bail legs 15 and 16 about its diameter defined by shanks 13; F ig. 3 illustrating the manner in .Whichit' is inverted. When the doughnuts are `thus half cooked, they may have swelled so as to'comvpletely fill the interior of the dipper, wheretaining that wire against movement .about upon the capacity of' the clipper-may be enf-V 25 Athe hinge ,bearing 32.

larged by a rotation ofspindles 19 and2ll in 90 As aimeans of bracing the coversupport- .ing structures, .the wall 10 is longitudinally slotted as at 37.1opposite the threads of eachy spindle. Nuts 28, 33 and 34 all extend from 30` .their..respective spindles into contact with the inner surface of wall l0 on opposite .sides ofthe adjacent slots 37, anda set screw m38 in each instance has its head-bearing against the outersurface of wall 10 and its 35. shank passing through a slot 37 and threaded into a tapped aperture provided in each of nuts 28, 33. and 34. Preferably covers 23 and 24 are supported solely in each in` .stance by hinge bearing 32 at one sideand 40 the spring latch 35 at the other. A It will be noted that because of the inbent portions 26 ofwire` 25, leach cover clears both the Y spindlesand the adjacent nuts upon the spindles.

45. In the operation of my invention, one of l `the latches 35 is bent away Jfrom its engage- 50u defined by wall 10 and lower cover 24 being packed with freshly cut doughnutsV inthe uncooked dough form. Assuming' that the operator is frying small-sized doughnuts, it

-mayshappenthat when a sufficient number f 551 have been placed -in the doughnut dipper, a considerable space will still remain between the direction reverse to that just above-de scribed, thus causingmembers 27 and 3l to travel synchronously'fromeach yother and nuts 33 and 34 and their latches 35 to traveln also synchronously from eachother. `When the doughnuts are cooked that coverwhich stands uppermost may be swung open and the finished doughnuts removed. i Inasmuch as the doughnuts rcommonly cooked inquantities in hotels and bakeries do not swell to any great extent during the cooking `process, it `will normally be necessary to vary the interior capacity {of-the doughnut dip,-` per only when the size of the doughnuts to" be cooked is changed. lt is, offcourse,`ne`ces sary'at each rotation off-spindles 19fand 21 to loosen the set l-screws'38, so that nuts 28, 33 and 34 may travel longitudinally of Wall 10. Upon adjustment; of these nuts,

the set screws are again tightenedlthefre'by bracing the cover supporting devices rmly against wall 10. Y

It will be noted lthatr .regardless of theiadh j usted positionsV of Ahinge `members 27 l and 31 and latches 35, e ach coveris free toswing to fully open lposition by reason of the l fact that frame wire 25 -is inbent toclear `these parts. I For `convenience-in' description, cov; ers -23 :and 24 have been designated as ffupper and lower respectively;but-they 'are identical in constructionand `interchangea'ble vfthe upper level of the* doughnuts and cover- Y p 9,3, SO much Space, .for example, that, when to its rotation about its diameter.: the dipper is inverted upon thediameter While Ihave'illustrated and des'cribedthe V` 60 defined by shanks 13, the doughnuts would' 'preferred emb0dmelt`bf `I1V`@illitf'ls it y haveY ample 'room in 'which' to shift about will be. obvmlsthatlone skilled in fthe art- Within the .Clipper and become mutilated Y' may make modilications'th'ereof, without-fdelthereby. In such an event,it becomesnecesparting from the spiritlofthefinventioll.u .si .Sarycfor the Operator t0 decrease the in! .I wish, therefore, not to be .restricted tothe 65 terior capacity of the doughnut dipper. precise embodiment' shown, except insofar 130 `f'rom-top'tolbottom of the dipper VKaecording ,Y for mounting as the same is limited in claims.

I claim:

l. The combination with an encircling wall, of an end closure therefor, and a 'hinge member adjustable axially of the wall, mounted thereon and hingedly connected with said end closure. y

2. The: combination with an encircling wall, of an end closure therefor, and means the same comprising a hinge member, an a latch device both of which are adjustable axially of said wall and support the closure.

3. The combination with an encircling the appended Y wall, of an end closure therefor, a rotatable .screw spindle supported from the wall, and

a hinge member threaded upon the spindle and liingedly connected to said closure.

1i.V TheA combination with Van encircling wall, of 'an enolv closure therefor, parallel l rotatable screw spindles supported from the wall, a hinge member threaded upon one of said spindles and to which the closure is hingedly connected, and a latchA device threaded upd'h the other spindle and shaped to retain and support the closure by removable engagement therewith.

. 5. The combination with an encircling Wall, of parallel screw spindles rotatably carried thereon, a hinge member threaded upon one spindle, a nut threaded u on the other spindle, an end closure for t e wall hingedly connected to said member, and a spring latch carried on the nut, snapped upon said closure, and exerting pressure thereon to prevent its hinging movement.

. 6. The combination with an encircling wall, of opposite spindle bearings projecting rigidly therefrom, a pair of parallel screw threaded s indles spaced from the Wall and mounted or rotation each in one of said Copies of this patent may be obtained for bearings, a nut threaded upon each spindle and extending into sliding contact with the wall, said wall being slotted opposite each spindle, and a set screw for each nut having its head bearing against the outer surface of the wall and its shank passing through the aperture and threaded into a laterally disposed tapped aperture formed in the nut.

7. The combination with an encircling wall, of opposite end closures therefor, and means for supporting said closures from the wall whereby the closures are synchronously movable toward and from each other.

8. The combination with an encircling wall, of end closures therefor, and means for mounting said closures comprising a pair of spaced spindles paralleling the axis of the wall and journaled at their centers for rotation, each spindle having its upper end right threaded and its lower end left threaded, a hinge member mounted to travel upon each thread ofone spindle and a spring latch mounted to travel on each thread of the other spindle, each closure being hingedly connected to one of said hinge members, and

signature. JULIUS BLASCHKE.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patenti:V Washington, D. C. 

